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House Calendar No. 24 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 212 

[Report No. 114–88] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1560) to improve cybersecurity 

in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about 

cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1731) to amend the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to 

cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 21, 2015 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 

resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1560) to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity 

threats, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1731) to amend the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing 

of information related to cybersecurity risks and 

strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, and for 

other purposes. 


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1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1560) to improve cybersecurity in 

6 the United States through enhanced sharing of informa7 tion about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes. 

8 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

9 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

10 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

11 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

12 and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select 

13 Committee on Intelligence. After general debate the bill 

14 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 

15 rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill 

16 for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule 

17 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 

18 by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now 

19 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na20 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 

21 of order against the committee amendment in the nature 

22 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the com23 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

24 in order except those printed in part A of the report of 

25 the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 


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1 Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 

2 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

3 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

4 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

5 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

6 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub7 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

8 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 

9 against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion 

10 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

11 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 

12 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 

13 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 

14 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to 

15 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

16 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

17 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 

18 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with 

19 or without instructions. 

20 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

21 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

22 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

23 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

24 of the bill (H.R. 1731) to amend the Homeland Security 

25 Act of 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing of inforVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:32 Apr 22, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR212.RH HR212

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1 mation related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen pri2 vacy and civil liberties protections, and for other purposes. 

3 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

4 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

5 General debate shall be confined to the bill and amend6 ments specified in this section and shall not exceed one 

7 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank8 ing minority member of the Committee on Homeland Se9 curity. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

10 for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

11 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

12 the Committee on Homeland Security now printed in the 

13 bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for 

14 the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

15 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

16 text of Rules Committee Print 114-12. That amendment 

17 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

18 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

19 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amend20 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

21 those printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

22 on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend23 ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re24 port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 

25 report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 


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1 the time specified in the report equally divided and con2 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 

3 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de4 mand for division of the question in the House or in the 

5 Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 

6 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider7 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

8 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

9 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

10 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

11 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend12 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi13 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or14 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

15 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

16 with or without instructions. 

17 SEC. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 1560 the 

18 Clerk shall— 

19 (1) add the text of H.R. 1731, as passed by the 

20 House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 1560; 

21 (2) conform the title of H.R. 1560 to reflect the 

22 addition of H.R. 1731, as passed by the House, to 

23 the engrossment; 

24 (3) assign appropriate designations to provi25 sions within the engrossment; and 


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1 (4) conform cross-references and provisions for 

2 short titles within the engrossment. 

3 (b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 1731, as 

4 passed by the House, to the engrossment of H.R. 1560, 

5 H.R. 1731 shall be laid on the table. 


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House Calendar No. 24 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 212 

[Report No. 114–88] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1560) 

and for other purposes. strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, formation related to cybersecurity risks and 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing of in1731) to amend the Homeland Security Act of and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes, through enhanced sharing of information about to improve cybersecurity in the United States 

APRIL 21, 2015 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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